About Reuse Programming

In the viewer, the following commands let you manage the definition of geometrical links:

	Lets you define the operation as complete.
	Lets you define the operation as incomplete.
	Lets you enter a comment.

In this dialog box, you can display all the geometrical links of operation.

You display and edit the following geometrical links:

• Position: Lists the setup position defined in the part operation and displays the NC Assembly setup in the 3D area.
• Feature: Geometric feature exported (such as Surface Feature, Simple Pattern, Geometric Area Exported or Offset Group).
• Strategy: Geometric link to strategy definition.
• Geometry: Adds specific geometry.
• Macro: Geometric link to macro definition.

The link is highlighted in green if it is correctly defined, or in red if it has to be redefined. You can define links by selecting the label in the viewer.

To simplify the view, define what you want to see by selecting of one or several of the options (Feature, Strategy, Geometry, orMacro).

By default, all the Feature, Strategy, Geometry, and Macro links are displayed.

You have an additional option to display the Tool Path of an initial Machining Operation (from the Process Machining selected at the beginning of the operation).

Using Reuse Programming, you can postpone the definition of geometrical links to after you have copied the program. However, the operation remains incomplete until you complete the link definition.

A program with incomplete operations is identified with the icon in the Activities Process Tree.

To define geometrical links after you have copied the program, right-click a program in the Activities Process Tree and select Complete/Reuse Programming. Incomplete operations are highlighted in the Activities Process Tree. Select Cancel Complete/Reuse to remove the link.

The Geometrical links on the similar part are displayed in the viewer of the panel. To define the new link on the part of current process, select a Geometrical component in the viewer.

In some cases, when the NC Assembly cannot be defined automatically, the following commands are available:

• : Define the NC Assembly setup target (mandatory if displayed).
• : Define the mount point.

Depending on the nature of the link, select a part, faces, edges, axis, or points.

For the specific case of Point to Point definition, the viewer the displays of all points and during the selection you have to select each point one after another. The nature of the points must be the same (simple point or feature point), and you cannot add or a delete point.

In the case of Macro, we distinguish the different Macros to name of the link, which contains the Macro type. (Ex: Approach/Plane)

If you have different links that reference the same geometry, then the first time you select one link, all similar links are updated. To define another reference, select the link again.

For the specific case of Point to Point definition, the viewer displays all points and during the selection you have to select each point one after another. The nature of the points must be the same (simple point or feature point), and you cannot add or a delete point.

After the selection the link changes from red to green.

If the link references a geometry that has no equivalent (ex: additional geometry) then define this link in the operation itself at the command exit.

For each set of link Strategy, Geometry, or Macro, you have a status option that changes from red to green after completing the selection.

When all the geometrical links of Feature or Operation are defined, the link status's light changes from red to green.